tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2009-11-13:/MokoFeed2009-11-13T03:52:01+01:00tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2007-07-12:/2007/07/12/carl_hiaasen_s_humor_earned_him_a_specia~2621066/#c4050573MrFlighty2007-07-12T12:33:36+02:002007-07-12T12:33:36+02:00Last Saturday the Independent did a Green List 2007 of 20 people really shaping our future. Carl Hiaasen was listed at 17 thanks to his savagely funny and addictive crime novels which have reached a vast audience.<br> I've always enjoyed reading his books, being one of the few American crime writers that I really like.tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2007-05-15:/2007/05/13/james_lee_burke_is_one_of_the_best_aroun~2260652/#c3538718Susan2007-05-15T13:23:19+02:002007-05-15T13:23:19+02:00Until I read your website I had never heard of James Lee Burke. Thank you for introducing this wonderful author to me! Maybe I don't read enough modern lit. I wonder what you think of my favourite writer - Oscar Wilde !!!tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2007-05-03:/2007/05/02/the_start_of_the_collection_elmore_leona~2196517/#c3434108Samson2007-05-03T07:52:14+02:002007-05-03T07:52:14+02:00I have never read anything by Elmore Leonard, but you have convinced me to give it a try. I'm going to go to the library right now and take out 52 Pickup. If I like the book, I will give you full credit. If I don't like it, I will boycott your blog forever.tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2007-05-02:/2007/03/25/reading_is_fundamental~1970915/#c3427436Rachael2007-05-02T13:55:03+02:002007-05-02T13:55:03+02:00I remember 'Little House in the Big Woods'! It's been so long. My mother read to me before I was born and all during my childhood. When the weather was bad, our family would sit around the living room and read Shakespeare plays, so that by the age of 12 I had been through all of the Bard's stories. The advantages of being read to as a child cannot be overemphasized and it's great to know that people still do so.tag:bestbooks.blog.co.uk,2007-03-27:/2007/03/25/reading_is_fundamental~1970915/#c3133877Jeremy2007-03-27T10:55:37+02:002007-03-27T10:55:37+02:00I totally agree. Some of my favorite memories are my parents reading to me every night before I went to bed. I still remember some of these books by heart. My wife and I carry on this tradition today with our children, reading to them every night. As the kids get older I am enjoying getting into some more interesting books; we just finished Little House in the Big Woods. I may have been more excited about the details than my kids, but they listened intently every time we read it.